The Russian government is trying to prevent future unrest over unpaid wages and unemployment. <br /><br />Many towns in Russia depend on one or two factories, but as companies struggle with the impact of the financial crisis entire populations are suffering.<br /><br />In one small town in Russia's southern Urals, more than 600 people have lost their jobs with many more facing poverty.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from Zlatoust, in the Chelyabinsk region.
